On Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed the Hamas military chief, Ahmed Jabari, in an airstrike in Gaza. I gotta admit, the video gave me a bit of a semi:

On Nov. 11, 2012, the IDF targeted Ahmed Jabri, the head of Hamas’ military wing, in the Gaza Strip. Jabri was a senior Hamas operative who served in the upper echelon of the Hamas’ command and was directly responsible for executing terror attacks against Israel in the past.

Hamas said in a statement ^[1] that the assassination “has opened the gates of hell”. To which I’m sure Isreal will respond with, “Bring it, bitches.”

Actually, they have already responded. With the greatest tweet ever tweeted:

We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012 ^[2]

Brig. Gen. Yoav (Poly) Moredechai ^[3] said that “all options are open to cause as much damage as possible to Hamas and other terror organizations.”

IDF Spokesman Brgi. Gen. Yoav (Poly) Moredechai said that tonight, “we struck a blow to the command and control of Hamas when we hit Ahmed al-Jabari, head of Hamas’ Military Wing in the Gaza Strip, who headed the organization and personally directed and ordered terrorist attacks against Israel. We are opening a broad attack, given the intolerable situation of the residents of the South.”

Brig. Gen. Moredechai added that “the Chief of Staff is in the [defended underground war room] and the Air Force continues its surgical strikes. We are in the midst of an attack that will continue and grow. There is no hourglass. We received the green light from the Prime Minister and the Minster of Defense. If I were a senior Hamas activist- I would look for a place to hide.”

The IDF Spokesman did not rule out the possibility of a ground invasion and emphasized that all options that exist are on the table. “Infantry brigades have been shifted in preparation for the operation,” said the IDF Spokesman. “All options that allow us to cause seriously damage to Hamas and the other terrorist organizations are on the table.”

And why the escalation? Probably because Israel is tired of Hama lobbing thousands of rockets at them:

More than 12,000 rockets hit Israel in the past 12 years. RT if you think #Israel ^[4] has the right to defend itself. twitter.com/IDFSpokesperso… ^[5]

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012 ^[6]